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sembling in its yellowish tinge a well-oiled whale’s 
tooth (tabua), formerly esteemed the most precious 
article in the group. The tree is from fifty to eighty feet 
high, with spreading pendulous branches, presenting a 
beautiful appearance. The Leweninini (Dacrydium elatum, 
Wall.) is found in mixed forests from the sea-shore to 
the highest peaks. The branches are very delicate, and 
the youngest hang down in graceful fringes, clad with 
needle-shaped leaves of about half an inch in length. 
The slightest breeze—and there is scarcely ever a calm 
in Fiji—causes the branchlets and foliage to tremble 
(ninini), somewhat like our aspen; hence the natives of 
Ovalau have given it the name of “‘ Leweninini.” When 
coming from Somosomo to Levuka, the crew on board 
the ‘ Paul Jones’ gave me an account of a moving plant, 
which they assured me grew in the mountains of Ovalau, 
and which excited my curiosity in an eminent degree. 
No sooner had I landed than two boys were dispatched 
for specimens of the Leweninini; but instead of bringing 
this Dacrydium, they brought a club-moss, common in 
the tropics (Lycopodium cernuum, Linn.), and which I 
found was termed Leweninini sa, on account of a certain 
resemblance to it. Macdonald (Jour. Geog. Soc. Lond. 
xxvii. p. 247) fancied this Dacrydium identical with the 
New Zealand Dacrydium cupressinum, Sol.; but this isa 
mistake. He also expresses his belief that the wood 
called Dakua salusalu is the produce of this tree, and 
in this he is supported by My. Storck, who, being now 
a permanent resident in Fiji, had ample opportunity to 
go into the question. My inquiries respecting the last- 
mentioned point have not been attended with success. 
